[ale] Which chip would you select?

[msmith at mikeandmel.com]

I was thinking the same thing, Jim.  I just found this article also
(http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/index.html)
so I think I will take the 805 D.  I had no idea you could overclock them
this much.

> Mike
>
> I would go with the dual core in a heartbeat.  I do a lot of compiling
> and would find that beneficial.
>
> The dual core is much more beneficial than the Hyperthreading even at
> the slower socket speed, if you are doing multitasking.   If you are
> running a single single threaded application, the Pentium 4 might be
> just fine.
>
> The 945 is a much more capable chipset than the 865 -- two generations
> farther ahead.
>
> - Jim
>
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> Subject: [ale] Which chip would you select?
>
> I have each of the below processors but I have to give up one of them.
> Which would you select?  I've heard that the 805D is a better chip for
> overclocking but I like the specs on the Pentium 4.  The rest of the
> specs
> are similar(both Asus motherboards, ATI video cards, 2 gig of memory,
> etc)
>
> http://indigo.intel.com/compare_cpu/showchart.aspx?mmID=877077,857985&fa
> milyID=1&culture=en-US
>
> BTW, This will be a development box that will dual boot Fedora and that
> other OS...
>
> Mike
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